The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-05-05
PROGRESS AT wALTHAM.

During an interview the otherdav with
q representative of Robbins & Apple.
ton, he said: 1--WE have a number OF
novelties that ought to be worthy OF
your attention, and in fact Of the trade
in general During the year 1886, we
have had stcadily-iucrcasing demand
for our better class Of goods, This is ow.
ing To the very great improvements
which have therein been accomplished.
Forinstance, all the watches fitted with
our patent Breguct hair-spring have
met with special favor because of the
great amount of extra quality which
this hair-spring imparts TO the goods.
The company seem 10 have pursued
the policy of not increasing the guam
tity Of their lowcst-priccd goods, but
rather of putting the better and
medium grades ut figures which
bring them within the reach of
a very limited purse. and en-
able dealers with very limited
capital to lay in an assorted stock Of
good-guality goods of great popularity.
The Bartlett watch may be taken rs an
example. Here is amovemcut equipped
with all that can possibly be put into =
watch to make it thorough time
lonpo,. ord lie MIC i f,L,1oT,.1,. low.
An English matchmaker recently took
one of these Bartlett movements of the
new model, examined it carefully, and
quietly put it together with the remark:
This movement is worth 90. Yet it
i sold for nearly rs many dollars.
We have turned out some very fine
work III The way of bcautitying the APP
ucarancc OF the watch, both in nickel
JrQsing and raying, which never had
been done before. These processes
permit an aImostondlesS variety OF dc
signs and patterns which adapt th"Ii-
serves beautifully 10 the shape Of the
Watth-piate.
"Ihe chef novelty with which the
company start out this yearis the:r one
SIZE Watch-the smallest and thnnest,
a. wei rs the finest ladies watch ever
nadc IN TINS country. Ihe diameter OF
ITS dlai Is Just the size OF halt-dollar
piece The train Is made Of goldf the
lc"cESettlngS likewise: aud the Jewels
themselves are 1auiilesS rubleS OF the
darkest color The watch Is thorough
~ adjusted, and capable OF the NvlN
finest tune-NeeplnE. It's pro" IS very
indeed, considering the eX-
fra hne quality and superior finish, it is
wonderfully low.
"AnolhCr novelty is the 'Wa!tham
Minute Register Chronograph. This
watch Is 50 constructed as to show 3y
q n 81 Il ll In
special hand the minutes during which
the long iifth-secord hand reyolyes"
Here my informant exhibited the oper-
alton OF Tie chrOno@raph. The long
iltth-Sefond hand and the small special
hap1 are normally stationary al II, or
zero, BY pressing the Ftem, both hands
are started, the small hand recording
successive minutes up TO fifteen. At
any memcnt both hands may be
stopped, and another motion sends
them back to zero, This device is
especially useful TO sportsmen, scien-
lists, physicians, engineer, lnachinistS,
etc he same attachment IS applied
70 Inc haItham sp4t-seconds chrono-
graph, masking II the most durable
watch q the kind, inasmuch Is the
mechanism Is very simple and almost
ndestrucuble, 4hc Naitham chrono-
graph IS made IN the hrst place to be
an accurate ume-kecper, built on the
model OF the company finest l4-Size
watch, On top OF this movement, and
without complicatin% it, the chrono-
graph attachment Is fastened, thus
clearly exposing 20 view the enti:~
chronogfaph apparatus. The plaiEcst
country Watchmakcr caH take the at
tachment apart and set it together
again WIlhout trouble. ASWiNS watch
maker recently remarked that nobody
would pave dreamed ten wears ago that
the Americans wotild ever be able 10
make any So-called complicated time
keeper5, and that they really do not
make themi but they obtained watches
that had the most exact and minute time
keeping on much simpler construct
ion, As Il consequence, the American
watch is more reliable, less costly - pro-
duce, and certainly without expense to
keep in thorough-going order.
The company have added several
grades OF s,,->ize watches to their list,
which tbpy will be able to put on the
marbet in the neighturhood of March
l, This will make eight different quail
tiles Of siX-size movements, which,
ol,th-l"ce' goI"' SILVER ana alnmlhlhe-.
, "l1" e om1L'ss r"Ite'S VI
f,nn, Cha nhnonost 49, o',o,T II
watch NAV be expectrd totbn diam9nd-